Before Hannah can leave the house, she must turn all four gas burners on her stove on and off 24 times, each in sequence. She performs this ritual because she does not trust her memory and fears she can't be sure the burners are actually off without doing this. Hannah is demonstrating which cognitive characteristic of OCD?
a. probability bias c. morality bias
b. disconfirmatory bias d. confirmatory bias
B
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Your teacher describes the following incident to the class: His teenage daughter called home and tearfully described getting a speeding ticket on her way to an amusement park. Her father tells her not to worry, that it was not a big deal. What is he
suggesting that she do? a. change her primary appraisal of the event b. change her secondary appraisal of the event c. grow up and accept responsibility for what she has done d. recognize that her id has gotten the better of her at the moment
Erikson's most unusual assessment technique is:
a. dream analysis. c. free association. b. psychohistorical analysis. d. birth order characterization.
The most common extra-chromosome condition is Klinefelter syndrome
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Veryone was talking at lunch about how awful it is that so many criminals try to get off by pleading insanity
E Since less than 1% of violent felons actually make that plea, something other than the truth must be at play. It is probably the _____ because a recent case has been in the news constantly. a) representative heuristic b) recognition heuristic c) algorithm heuristic d) availability heuristic